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Further evidence that Disney’s Frozen 2 is going to be a gargantuan hit at the November box office: Both Fandango and Atom Tickets have announced that the first day presales for the Chris Buck-Jennifer Lee-directed sequel have eclipsed those for all other animated films. While tracking has Frozen 2 opening to $100M…

Disney presented panels on Frozen 2 and Avengers: Endgame at The Contenders Los Angeles today. Both sets of filmmakers spoke to the secret ingredients that make each franchise such a success. First, Frozen 2 producer Peter Del Vecho spoke about what makes Anna and Elsa the perfect pair of princesses. "Anna is very…

Disney’s Frozen 2 hit tracking this morning at a very loud level with females and is poised to do $100M, maybe even more, when it hits theaters on November 22. That’s the pre-Thanksgiving weekend, with urkey day falling on November 28 this year. While no animated film outside of summer ever has opened to $100M over…

Frozen 2, the sequel to the highest-grossing animated film of all time, has secured a day-and-date China release set for November 22. A new Chinese one-sheet was…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of films submitted for the Animated Feature race at the 92nd annual Academy Awards. Thirty-two films will vie for a slot on the Oscar shortlist and, ideally, a nomination when those are announced in January. Here are the toon hopefuls, several of…

On Day 2 of Disney’s D23 in Anaheim, and the company’s mega-movies were front and center. Alan Horn, co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, took to the stage to preview the upcoming slate of films, a list that includes Black Panther and Frozen sequels, as well as the final installment of…

At Disney’s first CineEurope presentation since it acquired Fox, execs offered a select look at the combined slate here in Barcelona this evening. The session, which followed on from the combined CinemaCon presentation in April, included a first-ever (work-in-progress) trailer for live-action adaptation Mulan, new…

With new Frozen and Star Wars installments due at the end of the year, Disney is designating October 4 for the launch of consumer products tied to the two major franchises. The date is the company’s first global, simultaneous rollout for two major properties. Along with all of the merch, “Triple Force Friday” will…

Did we want to watch a trailer? Yes, we watched a trailer. Disney’s Frozen 2 to be specific, a whole 116.4M of us in the teaser’s first 24 hours. That makes the pic the most-watched trailer of all-time for an animated film, besting the 113.6M views clocked for Incredibles 2.  There is something to be said about how…

The much-anticipated Frozen 2 doesn’t hit theaters until Nov. 22, but this first-look teaser might, just might, hold the can’t-wait kids over for the time being. Opening with a gorgeous sequence in which Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel) attempts to conquer the sea with her icy powers, the 1:59-minute clip then reunites the…

The storm will rage on a week earlier next year as Disney moves up Frozen 2 by five days from its original Thanksgiving Eve date of Nov. 27 to the Friday before the autumn holiday, Nov. 22. Right now the only movie on that date is an untitled Fox/Marvel movie, which, when the Disney-Fox merger goes through, it would…

Evan Rachel Wood and Sterling K. Brown are in talks to come aboard Disney’s Frozen 2, the sequel to the 2013 Oscar-winning animated film that grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide. Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck return to helm the pic, along with the original film’s stars Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Josh Gad…